Canada First Defense Strategy

Coat of arms of the Canadian armed forces, which are to be modernized and staffed as part of the First Defency Strategy.

A Canadian Forces CF-18 Hornet

The Canada First Defense Strategy (CFDS) is a strategy from 2011 by the Canadian government to better equip its military forces, both materially and personally, and thus to increase their effectiveness. The strategy also includes border control of the arctic areas in the north of the country with the support of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian Coast Guard .

target

The strategic objective is to modernize the military and to provide them with clearly defined areas of responsibility and the necessary infrastructure . To this end, the military is being strengthened in terms of personnel and materially modernized.

Areas of application

The Canada First Defense Strategy comprises six core missions . In the future, the Canadian armed forces should be able to resolve several parallel conflicts and implement the defined core missions simultaneously.

• Ensuring the security of the country and border controls of the country, including the arctic land areas in the north and through NORAD .
• Supporting local security forces and ensuring security at major events .
• Ensuring national security and counter-terrorism .
• Support of civil authorities and institutions in the event of crises in the interior of the country, e.g. in the event of natural disasters .
• Direction and participation in long-term military operations.
• faster readiness of armed forces to provide support in crises worldwide.

staff

The Canada Defense Strategy will also increase the number of soldiers ready for action. In 2009/2010 the armed forces had 65,000 active soldiers and 26,000 reservists . It is planned to increase the number of primarily active soldiers to at least 70,000 and that of reservists to 30,000. From 2012, the number of active soldiers is expected to rise to 68,000 and in 2014/2015 will amount to around 69,300. The number of reservists is expected to rise to 27,000 in 2011/2012 and to 28,000 in 2014/2015.

budget

The expenditures for the military equipment of the Canadian armed forces will increase by the First Defency Strategy from formerly 18 billion dollars (in 2007) to over 30 billion dollars in the years 2027/2028. The costs and investments, according to plans in the next twenty years up to billion 490 dollars estimated.

Procurements

The CDFS includes one billion 15 dollars expensive material procurement program. The following major acquisitions are planned:

Further models of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook are to be acquired as part of the First Defense Strategy.

• Cargo aircraft : Boeing C-17 Globemaster
• Transport aircraft : Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
• Transport helicopter : Boeing CH-47F Chinook
• Military helicopter: CH-148 Cyclone
• Military vehicles
• Acquisitions as part of the Arctic Patrol Ship Project and the Joint Support Ship Project for the procurement of new ships for the Canadian Coast Guard .

Another 20 billion dollar procurement program includes the procurement of new search and rescue aircraft , new destroyers and frigates , maritime reconnaissance aircraft , fighter jets to replace the 60 CF-18 Hornets currently in the fleet, as well as new military vehicles and other systems.

Web links

• Department of National Defense - Canada First Defense Strategy, official website
• Canada First Defense Strategy - Full Report, accessed August 29, 2012 (PDF; 5.4 MB)

Individual evidence

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